Combined brace for brow-bands and winkers for bridles



No Model.)

0. A. HARMSTEAD. COMBINED BRAGE FOE BROW BANDS AND WINKERS FOR BRIDLES.

Patented Alig. 31, 1886.

INVENTOR- ill/SW11 WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS.

I UNITED STATES CHARLES A. IIARMSTEAD, OF URBANA, OHIO.

f COMBINED BRACE FOR BROW-BANDS AND WINKERS FOR BRIDLES.

SBPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 348,207, dated August31, 1886.

Application filed June 17, 1885.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. HARM- STEAD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Urbana, in the county of Ohampaign and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in OombinedBraces for Brow-Bands and W'inkers for Bridles; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

My invention relates to a combined browband and brace forbridle-winkers; and it consists in details of construction andattachment to the bridle, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth inthe specification and pointed out in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure l is a perspective view of a bridle embodying myinvention; Fig. 2, a bottom plan View of the combined brow-band andwinker-brace; and Fig. 3,a section on line 00 m, Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, it will be seen that theheadstall A is provided with the winkers C, secured thereto in theordinary manner. The brow-band B and winkenbraee B are made integral,(or of one piece,) the brow-band being secured to the headstall at a andthe winker-brace to the winkers at I). These pieces, which are made ofany suitable material, (but preferably of leather,) are spread outcentrally at D, and in order to hold them apart and prevent sagging orbending out of shape a stiffening-piece, E, is secured to the central oruniting portion, I), by rivets or in any other suitable way. Thiscombined brow-band and winker-brace is made separately from the b'ridleproper, and can thus be made and sold separately, and thereforematerially aid harness-makers in quickly constructing a bridle.

The advantages over the usual form of construction are, that the blindsor winkers are held at equal distances from the horses eyes, and theuneven position of the winkers thus avoided. This unevenness of thewinkers, which often occurs in the ordinary form of construction ofbridles, is not only unsightly, but often causes undue strain upon thehorses eyes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a bridle, abrow-band and winkerbrace made in one piece, the central or unitingportion, D, having a stifiening-piece, E, secured thereto, whereby thewinkers are held in position and at equal distances from the eyes of theanimal, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the brow band and winker-brace, madeinte ral,and separate from the bridle, of a stiffening-piece secured centrallythereto, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHAS. A. HARMSTEAD.

\Vitnesses:

A. L. HARRIOTT, W. N. HoLLiDAY.

